vOne
of the roadblocks was low student enrollment due to a faculty member’s sabbatical.

vHe
would like to make the courses sound less intimidating.

vHe
would like to create an Introduction to Philosophy course.

For any
questions regarding research for your program review, please contact Rob
Smedfjeld.

Dr. Wright
said the Philosophy program review was excellent, recommends continued review.
Wants to create a separate page for program learning outcomes. Program review
should be critical thinking and ongoing review. Promote being a living process
with a report every four years.

“C” Grade for Area IV of GE Plan A:

v“C”
grade or better approved by Faculty Senate for Area IV of Ohlone College GE
Plan A. Courses included are ENGL-101A, all the courses in Analytical Thinking
and Oral Communication and MATH-155.

CurricUNET:

vWhen
using CurricUNET, please use Internet Explorer or Mozilla. There is difficulty when using Netscape if you
aren’t using the most current version 7.2 or higher.

Advisory change to ENGL-101A; add
1.00 lab hours; minor revision to catalog description change to “Study of critical thinking through oral
advocacy and debate. Emphasis is on principles of
effective argumentation including logic, reasoning, evidence, motivation,
persuasion and refutation through preparation and presentation of written and
oral arguments and participation in individual and group debates.” Add to
counselor description ending to “This course will meet the
Analytical Thinking/Oral Communication requirement for OhloneCollege and the Oral
Communication requirement for Plan B and C.” Minor revisions to student
learning outcomes, course outline, assignments, evaluation, instruction, and
text.

Title change to: Introduction to Lighting; Catalog
description change to read “This course introduces the basic concepts,
technology and safe practices of electricity and lighting for live events.
Lectures will focus on theory and practice, while lab will provide
opportunities to use equipment in “real life” situations.” Class schedule
description revision to read “Hands on electrics and lighting for live events.”
Revision to student learning outcomes; course outline; assignments; methods of
evaluation; methods of instruction; updated textbooks and optional texts. Motion to approve TD-152 Introduction to
Lighting: Deb Parziale/second/Lesley Buehler. Motion carried.

Issues: (A/I)

vTitle
III Update – Deb Parziale

§Handout

vDistance
Learning Committee Goals – Handout

§Correct
CAPAC to Curriculum Committee

vHIST
114 / Cultural Diversity. Janice Jones wanted to know why it was removed from
the Cultural Diversity area of GE Plan A and wanted to know if it could be put
back. Michael Bowman said he would look into when it was removed and why and
get back to her.

vSelected
Topics: Chris Warden wants to make the Selected Topics page in CurricUNET as easy as possible. Would like the CurricUNET steering committee to review and make recommendations.
Chris Warden invited faculty to try putting a Selected Topic through the
process of CurricUNET.

vHeidi
Barkow will be doing group trainings on CurricUNET.

vCurricUNET User Guide needs to be updated on CurricUNET.
Members would like to see user button on the banner.

vDr.
Wright encourages the Curriculum Committee to keep having Programs under review
to keep coming to present to the group.